Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 29, 2018

Given the power of visual content (it’s more memorable and more engaging than text-based content), many marketers have turned to DIY graphic design software or contracted with graphic artists. With more traditionally text-focused people entering the world of visuals, it’s time for a brief refresher on the essential principles of design. It’s time for a reminder that the strategic use of typography, color, and white space can drastically improve the efficacy and aesthetics of visual content.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Hey there, podcast fans! We have a podcast of our very own, The Science of Social Media ! We’d love for you to check it out and share any thoughts, feedback or ideas with us! You can listen on Apple Podcasts here or Spotify here. OK, now back to the post. Content marketing comes in many different shapes and sizes. Creators like you have a lot of options: blog posts , social media updates, visuals, video, slide decks , and even more.

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ThemeIsle

JUNE 5, 2018

Struggling with how to choose a domain name? Picking the right domain name is one of the most important things you’ll do for your website. In addition to defining your site, your domain name will communicate important information to both human visitors and search engine bots. Fortunately, there are a few reliable methods you can. The post How to Choose a Domain Name: 4 Simple Steps to Pick the Perfect Name appeared first on ThemeIsle Blog.

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JUNE 30, 2018

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 14, 2018

Today’s post is by ProBlogger Writing Expert Ali Luke. The most important words in your post are the 6–10 words in the title (also known as the headline). These words determine whether or not the rest of your post ever gets read. They can guarantee failure, or give your post a great shot at success. And yet many bloggers treat their title as an afterthought.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 27, 2018

Editor’s note: You may have missed the original version of this post a couple years ago. We’re sharing Aaron’s updated version today, as more efficient teamwork is a constant need for content marketers. As content marketers, we have our work cut out for us. Getting original ideas off the ground is hard enough. Unfortunately, when we add all the curating, collecting, and collaborating necessary for full-scale engagement, overwhelmed is an understatement.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 1, 2018

What’s your story? It’s a common question when you’re first getting to know someone. It begs for details about your past, your career, your family, your hobbies. You probably never hear anyone reply: “I studied content marketing as an undergraduate and earned a Ph.D. in creating great customer experiences.”. Those degrees don’t exist, of course. But that’s OK.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 18, 2018

Video options abound, particularly given its growing influence on content marketing success. If you’re thinking video is best done on social media channels, you may not reap the biggest benefits. You need to create videos for your website. To make that pitch to your brand’s executives, read on and grab some stats to support your case. Plus, explore a way video can become a revenue stream for your business.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 14, 2018

Ever had that sinking feeling? You hit the publish button and … Nothing. Tumbleweed. It doesn’t have to be that way. There are countless ways to get eyes on your content. However, Facebook is one of the most powerful. Best thing? Promoting your content on Facebook doesn’t have to break the bank. You can start from as little as $1 per day. How?

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 5, 2018

For many years, I worked alongside a talented content marketer who often insisted she just wasn’t “a creative person.” Though there was plenty of evidence to the contrary (I won’t embarrass her by sharing details), she refused to believe her brain was capable of generating big, innovative ideas or turning them into groundbreaking storytelling. Rather than argue with her, I thought I’d prove her – and, by extension, any other marketer who thinks crafting imaginative, one-of-a-kind content is a ta

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 12, 2018

If you want to be taken seriously as a content marketer, stop acting like a member of the PR team. If you want to show that content marketing is a distinct contributor to business results, stop using only PR metrics. Every time you use PR-centered metrics to show the “value” of your content, your content marketing program dies a little bit. Your #contentmarketing dies a little each time you only use PR-centered metrics, says @AnnGynn.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 21, 2018

“These buyer personas will help you craft killer content for our client’s audience,” they told me. They were wrong. You see, “Marketing Agency X” (unnamed for reasons which will soon become clear) would send us four-page buyer persona descriptions. Each one delved deep into the fictional lives of the characters they had created for their clients – describing a day in the life of that character in Dickens-like detail.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 19, 2018

To produce reliable and scalable results, think beyond the content you write. Look at the structure and targeting of your content. Here’s a crash course on three advanced SEO techniques to help you get more conversions and better ranking from content you’re creating. You won’t need the help of your IT department to use these techniques, but you will need to think like a strategist.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 13, 2018

Marketers everywhere are deciding if launching a podcast makes sense for their brands and their goals. There’s a lot to consider, and therefore, a ton of questions to ask. But one question is the most foundational and crucial thing to ponder – and I don’t see marketers asking it often enough: “Are you any good on a microphone?”. That is half the battle.

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Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 25, 2018

Monitoring your brand’s mentions is not an option these days. It’s a must. The web is open and public. Someone is discussing your brand and you better be there to listen and participate. But is there any way to get more out of a necessary task? Yes. Consider these three ways to turn those brand mentions into content assets. 1. Web mentions into monthly roundups.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 8, 2018

“Those who tell the stories rule the world.” – Hopi Native American proverb (apocryphal). When Facebook announced the latest changes to its news feed in January, its intention was clear: to reduce further the amount of content users see from brands and publishers, particularly what it deems low-quality “engagement bait.”. Across the industry, this latest update has been interpreted as the final nail in the coffin of organic reach.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 7, 2018

Do you feel like you’re constantly explaining content marketing? Whether you’re seeking initial buy-in or justifying an existing program to a new executive, you’re often asked to prove that content marketing is a worthy investment. Explaining the nitty-gritty inner workings and ROI of content marketing to bosses or clients is difficult. But it’s necessary.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2018

Content marketing is a great, wonderful, powerful way to earn attention and loyalty online … but much of what the industry talks about comes from a B2B perspective. A lot of the rules change when you move to the B2C sector, and still more change when you talk about businesses operating on the online marketplace. I’m not here to tell you that everything you learned about content marketing is a lie and you need to ditch everything.

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Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 6, 2018

Google’s recent rollout of mobile-first indexing proves brands willing to (once again) put users first will look better in the eyes of the search giant. But search users have high expectations – they expect the exact information they seek to be immediately available in an easy-to-comprehend way in a format they prefer. How can you adequately put users who have such high expectations first?

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2018

Editor’s note: In case you missed this post last year, we’re bringing it back and adding some fresh content too. I’ve heard there are people who believe that “getting there is half the fun.” But to me, everything that happens between my decision to leave my house and my lying on a beach chair with a fruity drink in my hand is just stress-inducing static and delayed gratification.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 28, 2018

A few weeks ago, your inbox was probably stuffed with GDPR emails. Mine was. These emails, prompted by the European data protection and privacy law that took effect May 25, asked us to confirm our interest in continuing to receive email from the sender. Many asked us to review and accept new privacy policies. Some thanked us for being loyal subscribers.

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Jeff Goins

JUNE 28, 2018

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Speaker: Corey Daugherty, Head of Business Development at Flowcode & Georgette Malitsis, Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise at Flowcode

Let's explore the transformative power of QR codes in bridging offline and online marketing worlds. 📲 This new webinar featuring Corey Daugherty and Georgette Malitsis of Flowcode will dive into how innovative QR technology not only enhances traditional marketing strategies, but also drives meaningful customer engagement and analytics. Register today to gain practical knowledge on using QR codes to increase conversion rates, optimize customer journeys, and ultimately unlock a new realm o

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Jeff Goins

JUNE 26, 2018

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JUNE 21, 2018

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JUNE 21, 2018

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ProBlogger

JUNE 20, 2018

The post How to Find Images for Your Blog That Won’t Get You Sued appeared first on ProBlogger. At some point (probably soon after you launch your blog) you’ll want to start using images. You probably already have some of your own images you can use: a photo of yourself for your About page, or a photo of your workspace, home, garden, or whatever’s relevant for your blog.

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Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 11, 2018

Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with Email. Have people been telling you for years that you need to create an email list for your blog? Is it time to finally bite the bullet? Let’s talk about email – how to get started, email providers, types of messages, opt-ins, and sequences or auto-responders. When it comes to choosing an email provider, s tart simple You don’t need all the bells and whistles.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 7, 2018

When Cas McCullough’s son asked for help with a letter writing project, she had no idea it would change the course of her career. Here’s how she went from being a blogger to becoming a startup founder and CEO. “I’m a content strategist and writer by trade. And as content marketing became more and more of a must-have, I started getting a lot of inquiries from business owners and marketers who were frustrated with how to create great content.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 18, 2018

11 Things Thomas Edison Can Teach You About Profitable Blogging. If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, you’d probably be sitting in the dark feeling quite bored. Edison was a prolific and influential inventor. He invented world-changing technologies including the light bulb, the phonograph and motion picture camera. And his views back then on emerging technologies can teach you about blogging today.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 25, 2018

The post 253: I Guarantee This Will Improve Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. What You Can Learn From the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course. From a blog post series to an eBook and now a course, 31 Days to Build a Better Blog has certainly evolved. And in doing so it has helped many people. Today’s episode is based on information about the course.

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Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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